Mauritania vs Papua New Guinea: Infant mortality by sex
Mauritania
3.34 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
3.39 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Mauritania rank
47th
Papua New Guinea rank
46th
Infant mortality by sex over time
- Mauritania
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 3.39 deaths per 100 live births against 3.34 deaths per 100 live births in Mauritania, a difference of 0.05 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.
Mauritania ranks 47th and Papua New Guinea ranks 46th of 199 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Mauritania averaged higher in 5 and Papua New Guinea in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritania | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 15.48 deaths per 100 live births | 17.9 deaths per 100 live births | 2.42 deaths per 100 live births | Papua New Guinea |
| 1960s | 13.61 deaths per 100 live births | 13.47 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1473 deaths per 100 live births | Mauritania |
| 1970s | 12.65 deaths per 100 live births | 9.87 deaths per 100 live births | 2.78 deaths per 100 live births | Mauritania |
| 1980s | 9.45 deaths per 100 live births | 7.69 deaths per 100 live births | 1.76 deaths per 100 live births | Mauritania |
| 1990s | 7.96 deaths per 100 live births | 6.52 deaths per 100 live births | 1.44 deaths per 100 live births | Mauritania |
| 2000s | 6.04 deaths per 100 live births | 5.53 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5118 deaths per 100 live births | Mauritania |
| 2010s | 4.29 deaths per 100 live births | 4.45 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1609 deaths per 100 live births | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 3.54 deaths per 100 live births | 3.59 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0489 deaths per 100 live births | Papua New Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality by sex, Mauritania or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 3.39 deaths per 100 live births against 3.34 deaths per 100 live births in Mauritania as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality by sex between Mauritania and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.05 deaths per 100 live births, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Papua New Guinea?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Mauritania and Papua New Guinea rank globally for infant mortality by sex?
- Mauritania ranks 47th and Papua New Guinea ranks 46th of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) β processed by Our World in Data, published as Infant mortality by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Estimated number of deaths of male children aged under one year, per 100 live births .